[0:16] Welcome Rick

[0:18] [laughter]

[0:25] everybody. Okay.

[0:27] » Good evening everybody. I'd like to call

[0:29] the August 12 uh 2006 regular council

[0:33] meeting to order at 700 p.m. Would you

[0:36] please stand for the pledge pledge of

[0:37] allegiance?

[0:40] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:43] United States of America and to the

[0:45] republic for which it stands one nation

[0:49] under God, indivisible with liberty and

[0:53] justice for all.

[0:56] Okay, Sher, would you please call the RO

[0:59] » Here?

[1:02] » Here, Mr.

[1:03] » Melly

[1:04] » Here.

[1:04] » Mr. Richmond

[1:05] » Here.

[1:06] » Mr. V

[1:06] » Here.

[1:08] » Thank you, Sherry. Next up is reading

[1:10] and disposal of the journal. Has

[1:13] everyone had a chance to review the

[1:14] minutes? And are there any recommended

[1:16] changes or updates?

[1:18] » I had one change.

[1:23] » Sorry, Mr. Vincent.

[1:34] Uh the six I think it might be

[1:38] » No page four I'm sorry. Um

[1:42] the ordinance uh 2026 31 it's about one

[1:46] two

[1:49] the end of the fourth sentence. I think

[1:51] we should just add out of the production

[1:52] line quicker.

[1:57] » So what would be that set?

[1:58] » So at the time it was first discussed,

[2:00] it was going to take 30, this is

[2:01] regarding the generator.

[2:03] » So at the time it was first discussed it

[2:04] was going to take 33 weeks to get it,

[2:05] but Mr. Dewater mentioned that they were

[2:07] going to try to get one for us out of

[2:09] the production line quicker, meaning

[2:10] they were going to pull one out of many

[2:13] that [clears throat] they were making.

[2:14] » Thanks for the clarification. Any

[2:16] others?

[2:18] Okay. I'd like to entertain a motion to

[2:20] approve.

[2:20] » Motion to approve as amended. Second.

[2:23] » Okay. We have a motion approved by

[2:24] council president. Seconded by Mr.

[2:25] Richmond. Sh.

[2:26] » M.

[2:27] » Yes.

[2:28] » Mrs. Irish class.

[2:29] » Yes.

[2:29] » Mr. Yankee.

[2:30] » Yes.

[2:31] » Mr. Elliott.

[2:31] » Yes.

[2:32] » Mr. Richmond.

[2:33] » Yes.

[2:33] » Mr. Vincent.

[2:34] » Yes.

[2:35] » Okay. Uh, next up is action upon any

[2:38] matter which any resident may wish to

[2:39] present to council. And I see some very

[2:41] colorful residents in the audience. They

[2:44] may wish to uh say something. I also see

[2:47] for judge. So, let me start. Would

[2:49] anybody like to speak in the orange

[2:51] attire this evening?

[2:53] » Yeah, I would. Would you please

[2:55] introduce yourself for the record?

[2:56] » Yes. David Morad. I'm a a resident of

[3:00] Morland Hills. I am also an educator in

[3:03] higher education for 20 plus years and I

[3:06] have two young children who will be

[3:08] going to the Orange Public Schools uh

[3:10] very shortly. Um, the school district is

[3:13] here about a levy that will be on the

[3:15] ballot in the fall. And as a resident,

[3:18] educator, and parent, I fully support

[3:21] it. The Orange School District has not

[3:23] passed a general operating levy since

[3:25] 2011. That levy, 5 mills, has been in

[3:28] effect for roughly 14 years. And in that

[3:30] time, property tax revenues for the

[3:32] district have risen only modestly, less

[3:35] than a million on average per year, or

[3:38] roughly one and a half%. Meaning they

[3:40] have also failed to keep up with

[3:42] inflation which ran at over two and a

[3:44] half% during that same time. And it's

[3:47] that loss against inflation effect that

[3:49] I try and show a table chart in one of

[3:52] the handouts.

[3:54] As I speak, the elephant in the room

[3:55] with any levy discussion is property

[3:58] taxes. And I recognize some commun

[4:00] community members must be asking

[4:02] themselves, how do schools need more

[4:05] money? Property values have exploded

[4:08] over the past 10-15 years. And since

[4:10] levies come from property taxes on such

[4:12] values, doesn't that mean that the

[4:14] schools have seen a windfall of cash?

[4:16] The short answer is no. Some small

[4:19] gains, yes, but not enough to keep up

[4:22] with inflation and certainly enough not

[4:24] enough to match the skyroing

[4:26] skyrocketing home valuation increases.

[4:29] The more complicated answer lies with

[4:30] Ohio's House Bill 920 enacted in 1976,

[4:34] which generally holds that such school

[4:36] levies collect a fixed or restricted

[4:38] number of dollars rather than a fixed

[4:40] rate. Thus, even if property values

[4:44] rise, the amount collected can stay

[4:47] roughly the same. For orange, this means

[4:50] the skyrocketing home values do not

[4:52] equate to similar gains in school

[4:54] district revenues. The primary chance

[4:56] for additional revenue growth comes from

[4:58] new construction and then a relatively

[5:00] small amount of unvoted millillage. To

[5:03] see how this plays out, just take the

[5:05] 2024 Kyoga County property reappraisal,

[5:08] which recorded a 32% increase in county

[5:11] home values. For Orange District, the

[5:14] assessed value increase wasn't as high,

[5:17] more around 20%.

[5:19] From 1.26 26 billion to 1.51 billion, an

[5:23] increase of roughly $250 million. Yet,

[5:27] none of that money, or next to none of

[5:30] it, is going to the schools.

[5:34] Again, House Bill 920 reduces the rate

[5:37] on voted levies to offset rising values,

[5:40] leaving only the district's 5.2 mills of

[5:43] unvoted millage to collect on that

[5:45] increased value. That millage produced

[5:48] roughly $1.3 million in additional

[5:50] school revenue, about 1.5% of the

[5:53] property value rise. In short, it's a

[5:56] onetime step increase of roughly 2%

[5:59] against a potential tax base increase of

[6:01] 20%. I can give you my own personal

[6:05] story. My property taxes rose in that

[6:08] rep reappraisal by 20%. To almost

[6:11] $1,000.

[6:13] You would think Orangeville school

[6:14] districts would see a lot of that. They

[6:16] see roughly $160 of that. Why? How? How

[6:20] can this be? Where does the rest of it

[6:22] go? It's Ohio, so it's complicated. But

[6:26] one answer is that it simply gets

[6:28] shifted around, transferred among

[6:30] neighbors rather than generating any new

[6:32] tax revenue. Here's one example. how I

[6:35] perused just out of curiosity a few

[6:38] multi-million dollar properties in

[6:40] Morland Hills Orange District area and

[6:42] found several whose property taxes did

[6:44] not shift much at all, much less than

[6:47] the 20% rise that mine did. There was

[6:49] also at least one multi-million dollar

[6:52] property whose tax burden actually fell

[6:55] during that period by nearly eight times

[6:57] the amount that mine went up.

[7:00] I am not calling out any properties and

[7:03] I'm not naming names. I'm simply

[7:05] explaining how the system works that

[7:08] it's a shift between neighbors often

[7:10] rather than any revenue uh generated. So

[7:14] in conclusion, the reality is true. Ohio

[7:17] has a very real property tax problem,

[7:20] but one reason is a problem is because

[7:22] it's almost by design that the schools

[7:25] will be perennially lacking money. by

[7:27] design that revenues cannot keep up with

[7:30] costs. The cost of labor, materials that

[7:33] always are rising in the econom economy,

[7:35] but revenues are always always capped.

[7:39] » Respectfully, I have to ask you to wrap

[7:40] it up because we we usually

[7:42] » None of this I got one small paragraph

[7:43] and then I'm done. None of this is

[7:46] orange school's fault. None of this is

[7:48] the fault of Orange leaders and

[7:49] absolutely none of it is the fault of

[7:51] our children and of our students. the

[7:54] people in this room, the people of

[7:56] Morland Hills, we can't resolve the

[7:58] state issues, but we can resolve

[8:01] hopefully the school levy issue from our

[8:03] own end. I I think we can do that and I

[8:06] believe we should. I thank you for your

[8:07] time. There are additional um uh tables

[8:12] and slides that contain a lot more

[8:14] factual information about what's

[8:16] happening at the school district, where

[8:18] levies have been over the past 20, 30,

[8:21] 40 years, how it's been 15 years since

[8:24] uh Orange went to the voters for a levy

[8:26] and so on and so forth. If you have

[8:28] questions, I or definitely those on the

[8:30] school board, I would be able to take

[8:32] them.

[8:32] » Thank you, Mr. Mor.

[8:33] » Thanks. Or anybody else like to speak

[8:35] this evening? Yeah, I'll yield some of

[8:37] my time to the Orange School since

[8:39] that's probably more important. I make

[8:41] mine shorter. I wasn't planning on

[8:43] talking today. I was just planning on

[8:45] introducing myself, but since you give

[8:47] me an opportunity, I will.

[8:49] » My name is Tim Koharsski. I'm an

[8:51] attorney in Cleveland. I live in Solen.

[8:54] I'm running for the Bedford Municipal

[8:55] Court Judge. It's an open seat in 2027.

[8:58] I've been a trial attorney for 33 years.

[9:01] I represent people on their very very

[9:04] worst days when they're looking at their

[9:06] wives, their children that they may not

[9:08] be able to go home to their wives. They

[9:10] going to lose their freedom. I love what

[9:12] I do. Uh, as I said, I've been an

[9:16] attorney for 33 years. I've been a

[9:19] part-time pro municipal prosecutor. I've

[9:21] been a special prosecutor. I practice in

[9:24] federal court. I practice in all the

[9:25] courts in the state of Ohio. I'm a

[9:27] graduate of the Case Western Reserve

[9:29] University. Uh, I'm been appointed to be

[9:32] on the CGA panel to represent federal

[9:34] criminal defendants. Uh, but at 58 years

[9:38] old, I've determined that I can do more

[9:41] help to people if in fact I'm a judge

[9:43] rather than helping one person at a

[9:45] time. So, I'm looking to be a judge at

[9:48] the court where I think that too often

[9:51] we just put prosecutors in or people

[9:53] that are in the court. I think it's time

[9:55] that we put someone that's actually done

[9:57] in real practice that actually sees what

[9:59] happens to people. I think the court

[10:02] needs to use different alternatives,

[10:05] programming, different whether it's

[10:08] traffic, whether it's driver

[10:09] suspensions. There's a lot of reasons as

[10:11] why people go into municipal court.

[10:12] Municipal court is the low-level court.

[10:14] It's not felony court. It's not common

[10:16] please. It's lowle. There's ways that we

[10:18] can help these people. Uh we don't need

[10:20] to put people in jail for any extended

[10:22] period of time. Uh, I'll be here more uh

[10:25] talking to you about what I intend to

[10:27] do, but just a brief introduction of who

[10:29] I am.

[10:29] » Thank you, Mr. I appreciate you coming

[10:31] this evening.

[10:32] » Would Would anybody else in the audience

[10:34] care to speak this evening?

[10:36] » All right. Well, I thank you for coming.

[10:38] Um, I I will move on then uh to uh

[10:42] report some communications from the

[10:44] mayor and other municipal officials. And

[10:46] I will start. Uh I've got a few updates

[10:49] for council here. The first is um you're

[10:52] all probably wondering what's happening

[10:54] with AT&T since this has been taking

[10:56] quite a long time. So I I'm here to give

[10:58] you an update. Uh Mr. Hannah and I have

[11:01] been uh continuing to have conversations

[11:05] with AT&T,

[11:07] but we also are still getting hung up on

[11:09] the same legal issues that we've been

[11:10] talking about for several months. And um

[11:14] we are at this point um going to step

[11:19] back and and evaluate whether continuing

[11:22] in the current phase or whether other

[11:25] paths may be more sensible here to try

[11:28] to move this thing forward. I get

[11:30] questions from residents all the time

[11:31] about this project. And um and uh I'm

[11:35] I'm anxious to to make progress and

[11:37] we're just not getting there. I don't

[11:39] know Mr. Hannah, if you would like to

[11:41] make a comment or two, feel free.

[11:43] » Sure. Uh, Mayor, I I mean, I would uh

[11:46] echo those comments. I think, you know,

[11:48] we we've had a a long and uh relatively

[11:52] uh comprehensive discussion with AT&T

[11:56] um about, you know, the necessary

[11:58] ingredients from the villages

[11:59] perspective for a lawful agreement that

[12:02] doesn't constitute an um an

[12:05] inappropriate or unlawful subsidy using

[12:08] public funds to a private corporation.

[12:10] And you know it gets a little more

[12:12] complicated than that of course but um

[12:14] but we are continuing to find working

[12:17] through those issues very challenging.

[12:19] And so um one of the options um down the

[12:23] road could be revisiting the RFP that

[12:25] the village issued previously. Um and uh

[12:29] you know thinking about the other

[12:31] respondent I think there was just the

[12:33] one correct

[12:34] » To that and uh and and see you know if

[12:38] we're not able to make this work with uh

[12:40] with AT&T with whom the village has been

[12:42] negotiating um you know it may be

[12:45] possible to commence a different

[12:47] discussion um or to revisit the RFP um

[12:51] itself and and reissue a uh an RFP to

[12:54] try to more carefully calibrate what the

[12:58] village is seeking um visav people who

[13:01] may be interested in providing it.

[13:03] » Thank you. [clears throat]

[13:04] » Sure.

[13:06] » If you have questions, let me know. Um

[13:08] or you can obviously also talk to me

[13:10] anytime. Give me a call or a text and

[13:12] I'd be happy to give you more detail. Uh

[13:14] a few other things. So, I'd like to

[13:17] remind everybody we're having a music

[13:19] event in two days and we have uh Mr. Mar

[13:22] here uh who was spoke this evening who's

[13:25] going to be performing and perhaps his

[13:27] spouse might perform.

[13:28] » Oh, I know.

[13:29] » No.

[13:30] » Okay. Well, we have him and we have

[13:32] three other residents that are going to

[13:33] be sprinkled inter sprinkled in

[13:35] performing with a our our primary act um

[13:41] which is um Jason Patrick Meyers. And I

[13:45] I encourage everybody to come. I looks

[13:47] like the weather's not going to rain.

[13:48] We'll see. It's going to be cloudy, but

[13:49] it looks at least the latest is that

[13:51] it's going to stay dry. So, I hope we

[13:54] can have some fun and I hope hope to see

[13:55] you there. Um, let's see. A couple other

[13:59] things. Um,

[14:02] [clears throat] I want to bring to

[14:03] council's attention something that I had

[14:05] a discussion with the Mr. Water and with

[14:08] Sher, I think it was yesterday or the

[14:10] day before um regarding the pavilion

[14:13] rental process. Um, we continue to have

[14:16] issues with the rental process up there

[14:19] where people are not respecting our

[14:22] rules like emptying their trash. They're

[14:25] drawing um I don't know if it's chalk or

[14:28] pens on the on the heartscape up there

[14:31] that we can't seem to remove. Um they're

[14:35] leaving the bathrooms a complete mess.

[14:37] Um, and we're doing the best. The

[14:40] service department is doing a great job

[14:41] to try to get up there in between

[14:43] rentals, uh, and and take care of

[14:46] things, but I think, uh, I'm going to

[14:48] make some changes to the rules. Uh, I

[14:51] don't care to imple implement them until

[14:54] next year because we've already kind of

[14:56] set the rules for the season and we're

[14:57] sort of getting toward the end of the

[14:59] season. But, um, my proposal, nothing

[15:02] final. I welcome input or call me or if

[15:05] you have any input tonight. Um the

[15:08] primary things that that we discussed

[15:10] that I'd like to do is number one go to

[15:12] full day rentals rather than trying to

[15:14] do half and half because it creates and

[15:16] most other communities are doing kind of

[15:18] full days. So you rent it for the whole

[15:20] day and you've got it the whole time and

[15:22] we're not trying to um run up there for

[15:25] an hour in between two groups and clean

[15:28] everything. Second, I'm going to require

[15:30] a deposit for all rentals. we only

[15:33] require deposit for rentals when um

[15:36] people are food truck

[15:37] » And we're finding that um we're spending

[15:41] extra cost going up there to clean up

[15:42] things that they're supposed to be

[15:44] doing. So I think if we have a a a

[15:46] deposit that is forfeited if some of

[15:50] these things happen, I think we'll be in

[15:52] better shape. And then the third is to

[15:54] raise the rate uh for non-residents. And

[15:57] I don't know what the rate exactly is

[15:58] going to be yet, but um it will be a

[16:03] larger gap between residents and

[16:05] non-residents because I think we have

[16:07] more recourse on residents when they do

[16:08] these things than non-residents and and

[16:11] it's pretty common that other

[16:13] communities either don't rent to

[16:15] non-residents or they charge more. So

[16:17] those are the things that are going on.

[16:18] I welcome your feedback. We're not doing

[16:19] anything till next season like I said,

[16:21] but I think change some changes are in

[16:23] order and I'm going to let you guys know

[16:25] about that. And then the last thing I'll

[16:27] say uh tonight is around power outages.

[16:30] We continue to have them. Um I've been

[16:34] all over I've written many letters.

[16:36] You've seen maybe some of the social

[16:38] media posts that Sherry's helping with.

[16:40] We I've reached out to our elected

[16:43] officials. Um I had our councilman reach

[16:46] out to me again and I told him what

[16:47] we're doing. He said he'll help whatever

[16:49] we can. I think just making our story

[16:52] known that we need more attention from

[16:57] um from First Energy here to address

[16:59] some of these problems. I know it's not

[17:01] a short-term problem, but I'm just going

[17:03] to stay on it. I just think it's it's

[17:04] not acceptable level of service that

[17:06] we're getting. Um and you know,

[17:10] hopefully with the collective voice and

[17:12] some of the other communities around

[17:14] here that are doing similar things,

[17:16] we'll get some action.

[17:17] » [clears throat]

[17:17] » I mean, my next my next step may be to

[17:21] go to Pukco about it, too. I don't know.

[17:23] I haven't done that yet. That's the one

[17:24] thing I haven't done. But anyway, I just

[17:27] wanted you to keep you guys know this is

[17:28] something that's on my agenda.

[17:31] » I just want to add to that. I um we

[17:32] talked to the council

[17:34] um that um I'm I share the survey with

[17:38] Pepper Pike so far so that they can copy

[17:40] it. they can also send it out to their

[17:43] residents and we talked maybe about

[17:44] collectively getting those te that

[17:47] testimonial data data in case we want to

[17:49] go to

[17:50] » So now that that we would have it and if

[17:52] we get Pepper Pike or Bentleyville I

[17:54] think was interested

[17:55] » Mayor has reached out to me as well.

[17:56] » Okay. So I can share the survey with

[17:58] them as well.

[17:59] » Great.

[18:00] » And so I think if we were to get

[18:02] multiple communities together and then

[18:04] compile that testimony data I think we'd

[18:06] have a good case. So

[18:07] » Thank you for that. Thank you for your

[18:09] efforts on it. I appreciate

[18:12] » Maybe I really appreciate that.

[18:14] » Okay, that's all I've got, but thank

[18:16] you. Um, I will move on to our our uh

[18:20] department heads. So, let me start with

[18:23] the police report. I think the chief is

[18:25] on there, but we have the lieutenant in

[18:27] the in the chambers here. So, you guys

[18:30] take it away.

[18:32] » He just messaged me. I think he might

[18:33] have just got bounced out of here.

[18:35] » Okay. Um well, Lieutenant,

[18:37] » The only thing we really wanted to

[18:38] address today is because we brought it

[18:39] up, uh roads and safety at the last

[18:42] meeting, um the flock. So, right now,

[18:45] we're shooting for to get a flock

[18:47] representative if we if we still want to

[18:50] entertain that and open it for anybody

[18:53] uh via Zoom. Uh it would be September

[18:58] 2nd at 7 p.m. is what we're shooting

[18:59] for. We kind of bounce back and forth

[19:02] [clears throat]

[19:02] between some emails.

[19:05] Okay.

[19:06] » So, right now that's that's just what we

[19:08] recommend. Try to get done this way. We

[19:10] can address it all together. We can't we

[19:12] can hear it straight from Fox's mouth on

[19:14] whatever questions or whoever wants to

[19:16] bring whatever up. This way it's we're

[19:17] not playing telephone or just come it

[19:20] can come straight from them.

[19:22] » I appreciate that. Thank you

[19:25] » Juliet for that.

[19:27] » Okay. Thank you. Mr. Dwire, do you have

[19:29] a report this evening?

[19:30] » Uh only thing to report on is for

[19:32] continuing on drive forward

[19:33] replacements. Um, you guys are moving

[19:36] right along with that. And with that, we

[19:39] did have a road culver failure on river

[19:42] road that discussing with Jeff and I

[19:45] think our crews are going to replace

[19:46] that in house.

[19:48] » Okay. Okay. Where what section of river?

[19:50] I didn't see.

[19:50] » So, it's north of Shagrin Boulevard,

[19:53] maybe about 75 ft. There's actually a

[19:56] steel plate on the road covering it

[19:58] right now. And it is properly safe down

[20:02] » Uh patch rounded and pinned. Okay.

[20:04] » And there is signed. All right.

[20:06] » All right. Thank you, Mr. Appreciate

[20:08] that. Uh, let's see. I will move on to

[20:12] the engineers report. Mr. Polarski,

[20:18] you're on mute.

[20:21] He's on mute, right?

[20:30] » Mr. Farsy, are you there?

[20:33] Okay, I will circle back with you, Mr.

[20:35] Farski, and we'll move on and come back.

[20:37] And if you're having any uh technical

[20:39] difficulties there, Mr. Mr. Shaw, have a

[20:42] uh finance report this evening.

[20:44] » Uh yes, here may. Um I have one quick

[20:47] report and I'm trying my for some reason

[20:50] my video won't work. Um

[20:54] so [snorts]

[20:55] our income tax, as I mentioned last

[20:57] month, um is still on the downward trend

[21:00] right now. Um, as of

[21:04] this month, um, August 1st, we were down

[21:08] by approximately 12%.

[21:11] It's just a reminder, you know, for a

[21:13] city or a village like Morland Hills,

[21:15] um, we rely on individual income taxes

[21:18] and, uh, market conditions or what have

[21:21] you, uh, can certainly impact us, um,

[21:24] very rapidly. So in in dollars we are

[21:28] down about $527,000

[21:32] um year to date. Um again our budget was

[21:38] conservatively estimated um at even less

[21:40] than that. So we are fine as far as the

[21:42] budget is concerned. Um but as far as

[21:45] actual cash and revenue collections we

[21:48] are down. So just a heads up.

[21:52] » Other than that don't have a report

[21:54] mayor.

[21:55] » Okay. Thank you. Just are you you've

[21:58] been doing this a long time, Pashant. Do

[21:59] you think this is a timing? Do you have

[22:02] concerns it could be continuing

[22:05] or uh and are there things you think we

[22:07] should be looking at now or watch

[22:09] closely and see later?

[22:12] » Well, you know, a couple of concerns

[22:14] there. Nothing I I guess I I'm going to

[22:16] say income tax up and down. You know,

[22:18] we've seen this over the years. Um and

[22:21] being on the Rita board, I've seen um

[22:25] statewide collections are also down a

[22:27] little bit. So um not alarmed yet. Um

[22:30] but I am concerned about you know all

[22:32] these other talk about property taxes

[22:34] and all those things and if all this

[22:37] comes together with u reduction in

[22:39] income tax revenue which is our main

[22:41] source of revenue and um property tax is

[22:44] also u being discussed

[22:47] um you know we'll have to look at it

[22:49] keep an eye on it and I'm sure you may

[22:52] um are familiar with all the things

[22:53] going on statewide because uh as part of

[22:56] your mayors and managers association

[22:58] they do have discussions on

[23:00] Uh, but I'm I'm certainly keeping my eye

[23:02] on it and keep you informed as we go

[23:04] along.

[23:06] » Okay. I appreciate that, Mr. Shot. Thank

[23:07] you.

[23:08] » You're welcome.

[23:10] » Uh, the building department report uh

[23:13] all on vacation is my understanding. So,

[23:15] I don't think we will have that report

[23:17] this evening. So, uh, Mr. Hanner, do we

[23:19] have a law report this evening?

[23:21] » Um, no, we don't.

[23:22] » We do not. Okay, then I will circle back

[23:24] one more time with Jeff to see if I can

[23:27] get him.

[23:29] Uh, I did text him, but he didn't

[23:31] respond to that. So, maybe he is having

[23:33] some troubles. Jeff going once.

[23:38] Going twice.

[23:40] Okay, Jeff, I'm gonna move. Oh, wait a

[23:43] minute. There he is.

[23:45] » Yeah, sorry about that. I uh mistakenly

[23:48] left my laptop and using my phone and my

[23:51] fingers are fat. So, uh [laughter]

[23:55] I have uh nothing to report. Mayor and

[23:57] Council.

[23:59] » Oh, okay.

[24:00] » After all that,

[24:03] then we will move on to appointments and

[24:06] confirmations. We have none. Uh, no

[24:10] petitions,

[24:12] communications, petitions, and claims

[24:14] this evening. So, I'll move to reports

[24:16] of committees. The first is a report of

[24:19] the BCAM planning on August 3rd. Uh, Mr.

[24:24] Richmond, do you have a report?

[24:25] » Uh, thank you, Mayor. Uh so uh BZA met

[24:30] August 3rd. We just had one item and

[24:33] that was a square footage variance for a

[24:37] detached garage and covered patio at 30

[24:41] Addison Lane and that was uh approved.

[24:45] Um we also uh besides the player house

[24:50] camp matter which uh will come up later

[24:53] in the agenda we had other items. One

[24:58] was the um design for that uh the tax

[25:03] garage at 30 Addison. Uh we also had two

[25:08] um designs for new dwellings. one at 45

[25:12] Stern Crest and one at 110 Meadow Meadow

[25:16] Hill Lane, sorry. Um all three uh were

[25:20] approved. Um all three were were subject

[25:25] to um site plan revisions,

[25:28] engineering uh review and approval and

[25:31] particularly to um new drawings were

[25:35] also subject to a um septic uh permit.

[25:40] uh from the county health district

[25:45] » Conclude planning and BCA.

[25:48] » Thank you, Mr. Richmond. Appreciate it.

[25:50] Um next is the facilities from the

[25:52] meeting report for the meeting on August

[25:54] 4th. Uh Mr. Vincent.

[25:56] » Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um minutes

[25:58] stand in the in the packet there in the

[26:01] dropbox. Um the highlights uh are that

[26:05] uh the foot bridge replacement has

[26:06] started. In fact, it's going so well

[26:08] that they did another one. So, um, they

[26:11] got some donated clay. I guess it was

[26:12] donated, correct, Ted?

[26:13] » Yeah, donated

[26:14] » From Morland Commons to, uh, kind of

[26:17] help assemble the the kind of earth

[26:19] bridge and, uh, and it's been a good

[26:22] project for the service department. So,

[26:23] that's moving along well. I don't know.

[26:25] Do you have any other reports? Is it

[26:27] actually done this week or is it pretty

[26:29] close to being done or

[26:30] » I know they're uh, we're putting the

[26:31] clay on the second dump for the second

[26:33] bridge today. They were working up

[26:35] there. Rain did slow us down a little.

[26:39] » That's all I wanted to let folks know.

[26:40] Otherwise,

[26:42] » Thanks Mr. Richmond.

[26:44] Mr. Mr. Vincent, my apologies.

[26:50] » Roads and safety also met on August 4th.

[26:53] Mrs. Irish, you have a report.

[26:56] » Um, thank you for mentioning the block

[27:00] system camera system. Um, I was going to

[27:03] mention what you said, so thank you for

[27:05] sharing. Takes that off my list. Um, we

[27:09] did have um an extensive discussion with

[27:11] a resident um of Miles Road in the Scrap

[27:15] Ball Morland Hills area. Um, she had

[27:19] emailed me expressing concern about the

[27:22] the speed in that area on Miles Road.

[27:24] So, she attended the meeting um shared

[27:27] her concerns, talked about how she had

[27:30] um reached out to Shrint Hall's roads

[27:32] and safety committee um as well and how

[27:38] it may um they felt it may have to be a

[27:41] combined effort to take a look at that

[27:43] road if we were going to do anything

[27:45] about it with with the village. Um, but

[27:48] what she's saying is the stretch there

[27:50] between Solen, where Solen Road starts

[27:54] and intersects with Miles heading

[27:56] westbound, um, is currently 35 miles per

[27:59] hour, um, she feels it's it's too high

[28:02] of a speed limit for that area being

[28:04] very, uh, dense in residential um,

[28:08] homes. So, she was coming to ask Beth if

[28:11] we would take a look at it in the area.

[28:14] Um, by the end of the conversation, uh,

[28:17] Chief Diesel stated he'd be happy to

[28:19] install a speed box in the area going

[28:21] westbound, also eastbound to to do a

[28:23] seven-day study to take a look at the

[28:25] speeds. Um, that's currently in process

[28:30] um because it takes some time to get all

[28:31] that, make sure that we're not putting a

[28:34] poll where their utilities are lying.

[28:36] So, um, that's sort of our next steps to

[28:40] evaluate that. Jeff uh Floreski shared

[28:42] that there is a who you know this

[28:46] process that you have to go [laughter]

[28:48] through to change a speed limit of any

[28:50] road. Um there are several factors

[28:52] involved with that. So um at this point

[28:56] we're just we're gathering information.

[28:58] So I wanted to give you all an update on

[29:00] that. Um,

[29:03] I see that we have this later on the

[29:06] agenda, but just briefly, Chief Diesel

[29:09] reported that there is a recommendation

[29:10] from planning to allow eight buses to

[29:12] access the Hyram Trail three times per

[29:15] day. And then uh finally,

[29:19] Mr. Farski shared that um there's a

[29:22] challenge of developing a storm water

[29:25] drainage system around East and West

[29:27] Juniper.

[29:29] um and he discussed several different

[29:31] options of how to address that. Um we're

[29:36] still in discussions on or he's still in

[29:38] discussions on trying to figure out the

[29:40] best option is. So that's where we are.

[29:43] » That's it.

[29:44] » Thank you very much.

[29:45] » If I may really quick, the speed box on

[29:47] Miles Road eastbound is already up. So

[29:49] it's pulling data to see if we actually

[29:51] do have a speed problem there. The

[29:53] officers have been sitting there pretty

[29:54] much every shift right now day and

[29:56] night. Uh we're doing like two 30 minute

[29:59] uh stretches there. So we're not just

[30:01] camping there and then nobody's moving

[30:03] at all. So uh we haven't had any

[30:06] violations whatsoever yet. The speed box

[30:08] is pulling data. So when users not there

[30:12] speed box is doing its thing. We did

[30:14] mark one of the polls. Oops. Is did oops

[30:17] already come out?

[30:18] » Oops. So we put poll up tomorrow.

[30:20] » So the poll will be up tomorrow for the

[30:22] westbound traffic. Then we'll be

[30:23] monitoring one week eastbound and

[30:25] westbound traffic with our speed boxes

[30:27] and it'll give us data on flow rates,

[30:30] how many vehicles are coming and going

[30:33] and then speeds.

[30:36] » Thank you very much, Tom. Appreciate

[30:37] that.

[30:40] » Okay. Uh parks commission met on July

[30:44] 20th. Uh Mr. Yon, do you have a report?

[30:47] Uh yeah, I was not in attendance, but I

[30:49] did speak with the um with the treatment

[30:53] works chair about it. Uh really only uh

[30:57] I'll let the minutes stand. Only other

[30:59] you know follow up with uh the mayor

[31:01] already stated this Friday

[31:04] and the Hills if you could come up and

[31:06] support it be great.

[31:08] » Thank you council president. Appreciate

[31:10] that. Uh next is the DEIB commission

[31:13] that met on July 21st. Uh, Miss Davis or

[31:17] Mr. Richmond, do any of either of you

[31:19] have a report?

[31:20] » I have a a brief one. Thank you, Mayor.

[31:23] Uh, minutes um not yet available due to

[31:27] some uh of personal reasons of uh the

[31:32] officers, particularly the minute

[31:34] writing officer. Um, so quick

[31:36] highlights. Uh first of all, regarding

[31:40] ongoing projects, um not too late to get

[31:43] your recipes in

[31:46] for the cookbook, a lot have been in um

[31:49] and they're in the process of figuring

[31:52] out how best to display them on their uh

[31:55] on the DDI web page. Uh this Saturday,

[31:59] August 15th, from 10 to 2, uh the

[32:03] commission will have a table at the

[32:05] Orange Arts Center. I believe they'll be

[32:08] um

[32:10] sponsoring a uh drawing of faces of our

[32:14] community uh uh craft at the DEIV table.

[32:19] Uh it should be a great event. Um

[32:24] [clears throat] the um joint book club

[32:27] with uh green commission um regarding

[32:31] the book grading sweetg grass has been

[32:33] set for October 22nd at 6:30 uh p.m. Uh

[32:40] the we are Morland Hills event. Uh

[32:42] everybody is working very hard to make

[32:44] this bigger and better than it has been

[32:47] before. Um, so far the food truck Frosty

[32:51] Gator will be there. Uh, Blue Cadillac

[32:54] will be there uh for the first uh hour

[32:57] and a half or so and then there'll be uh

[32:59] line dancing for the second hour and a

[33:01] half which should be fun. Uh there'll be

[33:04] again resource tables and a cornole

[33:07] tournament and um potential uh stuff uh

[33:11] for kids. Um there's a food bank

[33:15] volunteer opportunity November 12th from

[33:18] 6:00 to 8. Uh the web page as well as um

[33:24] we are more than host there will be

[33:26] forums if anybody wants to uh join those

[33:32] uh join those volunteering and um that's

[33:36] the uh that's the base of kindness.

[33:39] » Thanks again Mr. Richmond. Appreciate

[33:40] it. Uh let's see. Last is the green

[33:43] commission from two meetings July 8th

[33:45] and August 5th. Uh Mrs. Irish class,

[33:48] would you like to make comments or

[33:51] » Um we had a free cycle of that this past

[33:53] Sunday. It was several people attended

[33:56] and took away many bags of items

[33:58] including myself. Um so that was that

[34:02] was good. Um we had um two meetings ago,

[34:06] the rust belt writers presentation was

[34:08] very informative. Um, I learned a lot um

[34:12] about food waste and how much it's

[34:14] contributing to the to the methane and

[34:16] the in the atmosphere and um they will

[34:20] be bringing they're they're still taking

[34:22] a look at pricing and bringing some

[34:23] options to the village as far as what

[34:26] that might look like.

[34:30] » All right. Thank you. That that

[34:32] concludes reports of committees. So move

[34:34] on to uh approval of bonds, contracts,

[34:38] plats. Uh in this section, we do have

[34:41] something we've put there, which is the

[34:43] Hyram House camp uh conditional use

[34:45] modification

[34:47] uh to allow egress onto Hyum Trail for

[34:50] up to eight regular buses and one

[34:52] special education bus during specified

[34:54] time periods. Uh Mr. Richmond, are you

[34:57] going to present this this evening?

[34:59] » I I will. Thank you very much. Uh so it

[35:02] it's um you know a high room house camp

[35:06] uh requested

[35:08] informally in some preliminary hearings

[35:11] uh and formally at the uh public hearing

[35:15] at uh the the last planning commission

[35:18] meeting uh requesting modification of

[35:22] their conditional use. actually kind of

[35:23] modification of the previous

[35:25] modification of of their traditional

[35:27] use. Uh specifically modifying you may

[35:30] recall there were seven conditions in

[35:33] 2023. The specific modification would be

[35:36] condition number one uh that currently

[35:40] only allows ingress of buses to the

[35:44] access road. And the uh request

[35:47] modification was uh egress for at three

[35:52] periods of time.

[35:55] um once in the morning for eight of

[36:00] stu regular students and one bus for

[36:03] special education students um uh for

[36:06] egress on high trail in in the uh in in

[36:12] the morning specifically at at present

[36:14] time between the hours of 7:30 8 7:55

[36:19] and twice uh in the afternoon uh one

[36:23] approximately typically uh 245

[36:26] uh for um Brady students and one

[36:30] approximately 345 for uh Morland Hill

[36:34] students and the uh Y is the school uh

[36:38] and Hyram [clears throat] presented that

[36:40] um

[36:42] that we'll be able to um and the

[36:45] transportation director um worked all

[36:48] this out that they're expecting delay

[36:50] time to be reduced by 15

[36:53] Um, and those 8 hour those eight buses

[36:58] represent about 23 cars that would be

[37:01] removed from the queue at um uh at at

[37:05] Gail Allison. Um I I stated at the

[37:09] planning commission that I I thought our

[37:12] job was kind of really summarized kind

[37:14] of by the one line in our conditional

[37:16] use um ordinance and that is that uh the

[37:21] conditional use regulations are quote

[37:23] intended to ensure that conditional uses

[37:25] are reviewed in a reasonable equitable

[37:26] manner while safeguarding property

[37:29] rights of all individuals and the

[37:31] health, safety and welfare of the entire

[37:32] community. In other words, a balancing

[37:34] of property rights, if you will, of of

[37:37] Hyram House uh with the um need to

[37:42] overall um look at the interest of

[37:45] Morland Hills um as a whole. And um in

[37:49] order that for the planning commission

[37:52] to uh to balance those uh we first have

[37:56] really two or two things. Uh first our

[37:59] our police department um and our

[38:03] engineering uh department uh reviewed

[38:06] the situation. Police department

[38:08] actually went out uh and staged um and

[38:12] and examined the uh traffic at those

[38:15] times and also talked with the um

[38:18] transportation director at Orange. And

[38:22] um neither uh bottom line neither uh the

[38:26] the chief nor our engineer felt that um

[38:30] there would be any material traffic

[38:33] delays at high trail uh due to the the

[38:37] staggered nature of of this um uh bus

[38:41] traffic of this egress and bus traffic.

[38:43] Now on the flip side, I thought that it

[38:46] would be helpful in reducing

[38:49] uh the queue on Gail Allison Drive,

[38:52] helpful in reducing traffic um backing

[38:56] up at Sugarin and S and [clears throat]

[39:00] helpful in reducing the possibility that

[39:03] emergency vehicles might get stuck in

[39:06] that queue without being able to get

[39:08] through. Um and so we had a public

[39:12] hearing. Um also there there were um

[39:17] just uh basic besides the school board

[39:20] um individuals who were um who were also

[39:23] residents uh there was one um individual

[39:27] who um who expressed support. There were

[39:31] two individuals that indicated not not

[39:34] so much opposition but that um they

[39:38] didn't want

[39:41] they didn't think more than hills um

[39:43] should and and higher trail should be

[39:46] responsible for what they they they

[39:48] thought was a school issue. Um and the

[39:51] planning commission uh we basically uh

[39:55] and and and I as a council member

[39:56] basically think uh you know this is not

[39:59] just a school issue. Um higher house and

[40:04] school are also institutional residents.

[40:06] Many Mor Hills residents have um have uh

[40:12] children that go to orange schools. But

[40:14] most importantly,

[40:16] um

[40:17] the uh the requested modification is is

[40:22] not expected to

[40:24] hurt and affect Hyram Trail residents

[40:28] based on our engineer and our uh police

[40:31] departments.

[40:33] Its intent is to help and expected to

[40:36] help by again freeing up the queue by um

[40:40] by lessing traffic at some degree and

[40:42] reducing possibility of of hyum. Um and

[40:49] the the other kind of solace uh the

[40:52] other item to to recall is this is

[40:55] really in effect a a two-year

[40:59] modification because recall in two years

[41:03] That will be the fiveyear mark uh where

[41:07] the um hyram house has to come back to

[41:10] us with a new traffic study showing all

[41:14] the alternatives that uh alternative uh

[41:17] to to using a hyum um to um and and how

[41:23] those may or may not require still the

[41:27] need for a hyum and they need uh uh to

[41:30] do that two years from Now, so long

[41:34] story short, um we recommended that

[41:39] council approve um the requested

[41:42] modification

[41:43] to the conditional use, specifically the

[41:45] request to modify condition one to also

[41:49] allow egress on the Hyram Trail of up to

[41:52] eight regular buses and one special

[41:54] education bus in the morning during the

[41:57] 7 to 9:00 a.m. time frame and twice in

[42:01] the afternoon during the 2 to 4:00 time

[42:03] frame. Provided that all other existing

[42:08] conditions 2 through 7 from 2023

[42:13] um

[42:14] be uh remain in full force in effect. Uh

[42:18] so that's um that's the base. happy to

[42:21] answer any questions and then I could um

[42:25] I got to repeat that in motion form uh

[42:29] in order to uh to make a motion to

[42:32] approve

[42:35] » Commission recommendation

[42:37] » For the record you had mentioned that

[42:38] Hyram House has to come back in two

[42:40] years to with a new plan and I think you

[42:42] mean orange schools

[42:43] » Well I actually mean hire house because

[42:45] they're the applicant

[42:46] » They're [clears throat]

[42:48] I mean schools will will come with them

[42:51] and the schools put together the traffic

[42:53] study but high house is the actual

[42:55] » They own they own they own

[42:57] » They own the land own

[43:01] » So they are very

[43:03] » If they didn't if they didn't want to do

[43:04] it the school couldn't come and sit on

[43:06] » Okay

[43:08] » Correct

[43:12] » Thank you Mr. Richmond. Any uh questions

[43:14] or clarifications from anybody? I I'd

[43:17] just like to make a comment that I was

[43:19] at the meeting. I'm happy to uh serve on

[43:21] the same planning commission. And um I

[43:25] support this modification. I'm not a

[43:28] vote tonight, but I just want to let

[43:30] council know I support the modification.

[43:31] I think it's the right thing to do to

[43:33] support our schools. And I do think we

[43:35] need to uh make it clear to the schools

[43:38] though that they need to make more

[43:40] progress on evaluating options by the

[43:42] time they come back in two years because

[43:45] that was the expectation three years ago

[43:47] and uh I stated that at the meeting but

[43:50] I just want to let you guys know.

[43:52] » Appreciate that. Um if there's no other

[43:55] questions, I'm I'm definitely assuming

[43:58] um that um this is the the proper um

[44:04] method to approve a conditional use by

[44:06] motion that

[44:09] » Consistent with the council's past

[44:10] practice.

[44:11] » All right, great. So, I I'm I'm make a

[44:14] motion that um we approve the requested

[44:19] um modification to the existing

[44:22] conditional use. specifically that we

[44:25] approve the request to modify condition

[44:31] one of the seven conditions uh currently

[44:36] in force uh to allow [clears throat]

[44:40] egress onto Hyru Trail of up to eight

[44:43] regular buses and one special education

[44:45] bus in the morning during the 7 a.m. to

[44:48] 9:00 a.m. time frame and twice in the

[44:51] afternoon during the 2:00 p.m. to 4:00

[44:53] p.m. time frame provided that all the

[44:57] other conditions two through seven

[45:00] of the current conditional use remain in

[45:03] full force and effect.

[45:05] » Second.

[45:06] » Okay, we have a motion Mr. Richmond

[45:09] seconded by I couldn't hear. I think it

[45:10] was Mr. Melly.

[45:12] » Yes, sir.

[45:13] » Out of time.

[45:14] » Mr. [laughter]

[45:16] » Both sides of Steve

[45:19] Sher, would you call the rules?

[45:21] » Sados.

[45:22] » Yes.

[45:22] » Mr. Squ. Yes,

[45:23] » Mr. Yankee.

[45:24] » Yes,

[45:25] » Mr. Melly.

[45:26] » Yes,

[45:27] » Mr. Richmond.

[45:28] » Yes,

[45:28] » Mr. Vza.

[45:29] » Yes.

[45:30] » Okay. Thank you, Mr. Richmond. I will

[45:32] move on. I think I'm moving right on to

[45:34] ordinances. So, the first ordinance this

[45:37] evening is 2026-34,

[45:40] an ordinance authorizing the mayor to

[45:42] execute a contract with Mr. Excavator,

[45:44] Inc. for the village complex retaining

[45:48] wall project and declaring an emergency.

[45:50] Mr. Vincent, will you be presented? I

[45:52] will. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, so yeah,

[45:55] so there were five bids received for the

[45:57] uh comp village complex retaining wall,

[45:59] which includes all the wall behind the

[46:01] police station all the way down to the

[46:03] sally port. Um, so it's pretty big uh

[46:06] pretty big area. Um, there were good

[46:08] bids. There were five of them, like I

[46:09] said, and they were pretty tight uh to

[46:11] each other, ranging from 162,500

[46:14] to 183,288

[46:17] with the lowest uh bid being Mr.

[46:20] Excavator Inc. at 162500.

[46:23] Um and uh uh Mr. Blowski informed us

[46:27] that the um at the facilities meeting

[46:29] that the Mr. Estavator is actually

[46:31] responsible for the site work on on the

[46:34] village campus here. So they are

[46:35] familiar with our site. Um which I was

[46:37] happy to hear because they're going to

[46:38] be taking down a retaining wall and just

[46:39] leaving it, you know, exposed for a

[46:41] while. So so they have familiarity. Um

[46:44] so with that, I would uh recommend that

[46:46] we pass this make a motion to suspend.

[46:49] » Second. Okay. Minion to suspend the rule

[46:51] seconded by council president Sherry.

[46:54] » Miss David,

[46:55] » Yes.

[46:55] » Mrs. Irish class.

[46:56] » Yes.

[46:56] » Mr. Yaki.

[46:57] » Yes.

[46:58] » Mr. Melly.

[46:59] » Yes.

[46:59] » Mr. Richmond.

[47:00] » Yes.

[47:00] » Mr. Vincent.

[47:01] » Uh, yes. Any questions?

[47:07] None. Okay. I'll make a motion passage,

[47:09] please. Second. Okay. We motion passes.

[47:12] Second by Mr. Nelly. Would you please

[47:14] call the role?

[47:15] » Miss Deas?

[47:16] » Yes.

[47:16] » Mrs. Irish Glass?

[47:18] » Yes.

[47:18] » Mr. Yaki?

[47:19] » Yes.

[47:19] » Mr. Melly.

[47:20] » Yes.

[47:21] » Mr. Richmond.

[47:22] » Yes.

[47:22] » Mr. Vinc.

[47:23] » Yes.

[47:23] » Okay. Thank you, Mr. Vincent. I'll move

[47:25] on to 2026-35,

[47:28] an ordinance amending section 157.03,

[47:32] members terms of chapter 157 parks

[47:36] commission of the codified ordinances to

[47:38] delete the language permitting a

[47:39] community member to serve

[47:42] an an additional term and to modify the

[47:45] term length. Um, it should say

[47:49] prohibiting a community member to serve

[47:51] an additional Oh, no. No, excuse me. I'm

[47:53] sorry. That is correct. Permitting a

[47:55] community member to serve an additional

[47:56] term and to modify the term length for

[47:58] two appointments made at year end 2026

[48:01] and declaring an emergency. And council

[48:03] president,

[48:05] » Thank you. Thank you. Um so this was

[48:08] made uh because we are coming up on uh

[48:12] eight years of the uh of the creation of

[48:16] the uh parks commission. Um and we've

[48:20] realized that we would have a quite a

[48:24] few uh members essentially turn limited.

[48:27] Uh this is the only commission that had

[48:30] was set up as such. Uh and we found it

[48:33] best practice to align it with the other

[48:35] commissions. um that people would like

[48:37] to continue to serve uh then they should

[48:40] be afforded that uh afforded that uh

[48:45] availability. So basically the language

[48:48] um also uh since it it changes two of

[48:52] the appointments though and we have uh

[48:54] there's some staggering in there versus

[48:57] all four terms because when someone

[48:59] comes on uh you know if someone uh steps

[49:03] away the new member assumes the balance

[49:06] of that term so it doesn't start four

[49:08] years it'd be time to join. So that way

[49:10] we've got a little uh overlap so we're

[49:13] not okay everybody we know all new

[49:16] people come in and you kind of lose that

[49:18] continuity of of what we've been doing.

[49:20] So that was what uh what uh this

[49:24] ordinance addresses um with that I'd

[49:27] like to suspend the rules. Second

[49:30] suspend the rules second by Mr. Vincent

[49:33] Sherry.

[49:33] » Yes. M David.

[49:34] » Yes.

[49:34] » Mrs. Irishb

[49:36] » Mr. Yankee.

[49:37] » Yes.

[49:37] » Mr. Millie.

[49:38] » Yes.

[49:38] » Mr. Richmond.

[49:39] » Yes.

[49:40] » Mr. Veteran.

[49:41] » Yes.

[49:42] » Any questions?

[49:47] Like to make a move for passage.

[49:51] Second by Miss.

[50:01] » Yes.

[50:02] » Yes.

[50:04] » Yes.

[50:05] » Yes.

[50:06] » Okay. Thank you, council president.

[50:09] Next up is 2026-36,

[50:12] an ordinance creating the police capital

[50:14] and equipment replacement fund within

[50:15] the financial records of the village of

[50:17] Mormon Hills and declaring an emergency.

[50:20] Miss Davis.

[50:21] » Yeah. So, um I think we talked last time

[50:23] or the time before about um needing u to

[50:27] separate the funds or Mr. Shaw had

[50:29] talked about this um uh from the

[50:32] auditors that they have to segregate the

[50:33] reserves um the police and service. So

[50:36] they're um establishing this is to

[50:38] establish two distinct funds. Um and uh

[50:43] let's see if there's anything else I

[50:44] said about it. Um yeah, this is to set

[50:47] aside reserves for future capital

[50:48] equipment needs in the police department

[50:51] and um the equipment replacement fund u

[50:54] which is the same fund that they were

[50:56] using for the reserves for the service

[50:57] department. So this is essentially just

[50:59] separating them into two distinct funds

[51:01] to comply with the auditor. Um and Mr.

[51:05] shot and letting if you have anything

[51:07] else you'd like to add to that. I

[51:08] probably covered that.

[51:10] » No, I think you did just fine. Thank

[51:13] you. You covered it well.

[51:15] » All right. Um, I'd like to make a motion

[51:17] to suspend the rules.

[51:19] » Second. [clears throat]

[51:20] » Okay. We have a motion to suspend the

[51:21] rules. Second by Mr. Vincent. Would you

[51:23] call?

[51:24] » Mos.

[51:25] » Yes.

[51:25] » Mrs. Irish.

[51:26] » Yes.

[51:27] » Mr. Yaki.

[51:28] » Yes.

[51:28] » Mr. Milly.

[51:29] » Yes.

[51:29] » Mr. Richmond.

[51:30] » Yes.

[51:31] » Mr. Vincent.

[51:32] » Yes.

[51:33] » Okay. Any questions?

[51:37] » Okay.

[51:39] Passage.

[51:39] » Second.

[51:40] » Hey, we have M passage. Seconded by Mr.

[51:42] Richmond. Sherry.

[51:44] » Mel.

[51:45] » Yes.

[51:45] » Mr. Clutz.

[51:46] » Yes.

[51:47] » Mr. Yankee.

[51:48] » Yes.

[51:48] » Mr. Mlly.

[51:49] » Yes.

[51:49] » Mr. Richmond.

[51:50] » Yes.

[51:51] » Mr. Vincent.

[51:52] » Yes.

[51:52] » Okay. Thank you. I'll move on to

[51:54] 2026-37,

[51:56] an ordinance creating the service

[52:00] capital and equipment replacement fund

[52:03] within the financial records uh of the

[52:06] village of Mormon Hills and declaring an

[52:08] emergency and that will be presented by

[52:11] Miss Class.

[52:14] [laughter]

[52:19] » Thought I was reading the same one

[52:20] already.

[52:23] for the artifact author's recommendation

[52:25] to segate segregate the two reserve

[52:27] funds placed similar to um organs in

[52:32] establishing accumulation of reserves

[52:34] for future capital and support.

[52:38] So um I'd like to make a motion to

[52:40] suspend rules second.

[52:42] » Okay, we have a motion to suspend the

[52:43] rules seconded by Miss Davos. Would you

[52:47] roll?

[52:47] » Mos.

[52:48] » Yes. Mrs. Irish class.

[52:49] » Yes.

[52:50] » Mr. Yankee.

[52:51] » Yes.

[52:51] » Mr. Melly,

[52:52] » Yes.

[52:52] » Mr. Richmond,

[52:53] » Yes.

[52:54] » Mr. Vincent,

[52:54] » Yes.

[52:56] » Any questions, comments?

[53:00] » Motion. I'd like to make a motion for

[53:01] passion

[53:03] for pass. Second by Mr. Vincent.

[53:05] » Okay.

[53:07] » Miss David,

[53:07] » Yes.

[53:08] » Mrs.

[53:09] Mr. Yankee,

[53:10] » Yes.

[53:11] » Mr. Melly,

[53:12] » Yes.

[53:12] » Mr. Richmond,

[53:13] » Yes.

[53:13] » Mr. Vincent,

[53:14] » Yes.

[53:15] » Okay. And our last ordinance this

[53:17] evening is 2026-38.

[53:20] An ordinance providing additional

[53:21] appropriations, transferring items

[53:22] already appropriated and declaring an

[53:24] emergency will be presented by Mr. Mali.

[53:27] Sir,

[53:28] » Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh so this is

[53:30] part of our monthly housekeeping. Uh it

[53:32] is providing certain expenditures for

[53:34] village hills for the uh fiscal year. Uh

[53:38] there is an exhibit A attachment uh that

[53:41] is public record uh discuss the precise

[53:43] amounts uh for engineering study for

[53:46] health insurance for some miscellaneous

[53:48] cabinet expenses and for some refunds.

[53:51] Uh these are detailed out in in that uh

[53:56] in the exhibit A attachment. Um again

[53:58] this just normal housekeeping that we do

[54:00] to transfer funds.

[54:06] Uh with that, I'll make a motion to

[54:08] spell the rules.

[54:11] » Second.

[54:12] » We have a second

[54:14] by Mr. Vinc.

[54:18] » Yes.

[54:18] » Mrs. Irish.

[54:19] » Yes. Mr. Yaki.

[54:20] » Yes.

[54:21] » Mr. Mi.

[54:21] » Yes.

[54:22] » Mr. Richmond.

[54:23] » Yes.

[54:23] » Mr.

[54:24] » Yes. Are there any questions? Was the

[54:28] engineer studying?

[54:31] » Uh that related something we already

[54:33] did. Well, that I would need to ask a

[54:36] shot. Not the engineering study, uh, the

[54:39] $10,000 allocated for the engineering

[54:40] study.

[54:42] » Right. So, for the year we had budgeted

[54:44] about $40,000. Um, and I think we've had

[54:47] some additional projects come along the

[54:49] way. Um, and right now we are about

[54:52] 5,000 short in that fund. What I'm doing

[54:54] is adding another five additional 5,000

[54:57] which hopefully will take us through the

[54:58] rest of the year. So, the total budget

[55:00] for the year will be about 50,000.

[55:04] Oh, I see. It's really more so

[55:05] engineering studies plural rather than

[55:10] study, right?

[55:11] » I'm sorry. I should have clarified. So,

[55:13] those are all expenses for engineers

[55:15] bills for any projects that he's worked

[55:17] on so far this year.

[55:19] » Got it. Thank you.

[55:24] » Appropriation, right? Again, it's not a

[55:25] specific.

[55:26] » Yeah. Yeah.

[55:29] Okay. Oh, make a motion for us.

[55:34] » Okay. We have motion. Motion for passes.

[55:36] Seconded by Miss David. Would you please

[55:39] » Miss David?

[55:40] » Yes.

[55:40] » Mrs. M.

[55:42] » Yes.

[55:43] » Mr.

[55:43] » Yes.

[55:44] » Mr. Richmond.

[55:45] » Yes.

[55:45] » Mr. Vincent.

[55:46] » Yes.

[55:47] » Okay. Thank you, council. That concludes

[55:49] ordinances this evening. I'll move on to

[55:52] miscellaneous business by members of

[55:54] council. Does anyone have miscellaneous

[55:56] business this evening?

[55:58] I guess I have a question. Going back to

[56:00] the opening uh update on the AT&T or the

[56:05] fiber, um if we were to go back for RFP,

[56:10] um would you envision that it would be

[56:11] the same sort of process for getting

[56:14] back to help us and all that?

[56:16] » I do not envision that. I think we could

[56:19] do it on our own with Mr. Hannah,

[56:20] honestly, because I think we have most

[56:22] of what we got there. And I think some

[56:24] of the the legal stuff that we failed to

[56:26] put in the first one,

[56:28] » Um, Mr. Hannah would assure that we have

[56:30] got it.

[56:31] » Um, I will tell you, I've also had, uh,

[56:34] Omni Fiber reach out to me. I've had,

[56:38] um, Spectrum reach out to me. Again,

[56:42] [clears throat]

[56:43] I'm not sure that that one is viable,

[56:45] but there's a new group within Spectrum,

[56:48] Hope Springs Eternal, and they um and

[56:52] they're now trying to market larger

[56:54] projects.

[56:55] » I have no idea what that really means.

[56:57] It was just a one conversation, but

[57:00] they're going to come back to me as

[57:01] well.

[57:02] » Um and my if we go this route again, we

[57:05] haven't Yeah,

[57:05] » Sure. They've done it. I I would imagine

[57:07] that Sugar Valley Geek may still have

[57:10] interest, although they they're pretty

[57:12] bogged down with a lot of work that they

[57:14] have right now is my understanding. But

[57:15] it'd be interesting to see if they did

[57:17] ramp up as they intended to in terms of

[57:19] the

[57:20] » Capacity they have for you know

[57:24] one nice thing about the fact

[57:28] » We haveations that we will not have the

[57:31] same similar issues or we don't know as

[57:34] of yet

[57:37] with with

[57:39] that that we're having with AT&T.

[57:42] » Uh I don't know that I can answer that.

[57:44] I don't think I really know.

[57:46] » That would be just sort of be guessing

[57:48] at the moment.

[57:49] » Yeah, that's just wondering whether we

[57:51] had a sense of

[57:52] » But I think that if I think that if the

[57:54] conversation is framed Sorry

[57:57] if the conversation is framed

[57:58] differently um you know and maybe

[58:01] keeping in mind the experience that

[58:03] we've had, we can avoid some of that.

[58:05] And if the step of reformulating an RFP

[58:09] were taken and reissuing that, of

[58:10] course, we would be really clear about,

[58:12] you know, avoiding some of those

[58:14] pitfalls.

[58:14] » Sure.

[58:15] » Okay.

[58:15] » I guess a bit since we go from the scam.

[58:18] Uh, do we know how much of the village

[58:20] now has been covered by AT&T? I think it

[58:22] was close to 20% back in January, March

[58:25] or so. And they

[58:27] » I do not know that answer. I certainly

[58:29] that would rebase any expectations we

[58:31] would have for fewer households for any

[58:33] RP we put out.

[58:35] » I would assume

[58:37] » Um

[58:40] I would suspect that too. Well, unless

[58:42] we wanted to give them choices beyond.

[58:44] » Sure.

[58:45] » Yes.

[58:46] » I guess the other the other question is

[58:48] given the shortfall that was reported

[58:50] today that we're already half a million

[58:52] short of expected.

[58:55] » Would there be a consideration of

[58:57] wanting to keep our powder dry, you

[58:59] know, to the $200 million?

[59:01] » Very good point. I think before we were

[59:04] um proate, we would have that

[59:06] discussion.

[59:08] No doubt.

[59:10] Anybody

[59:12] else have any slips?

[59:14] » Yeah, I just had um I just had actually

[59:16] a couple quick things. Um one was um the

[59:20] survey. I was just going to leave open

[59:22] for the month unless anyone had any

[59:24] ideas to close it. I just assume that

[59:27] we'll have more power outages and more

[59:28] people be like, "Yeah, let's fill this I

[59:30] think August is a good monthly

[59:35] especially if we're going to have other

[59:37] you know um aing communities giving the

[59:40] survey as well. I feel like a while but

[59:43] I just wanted to check with everyone.

[59:44] And then um the second thing um was uh

[59:48] about the um some of you had sent um

[59:50] stuff about the internship. Um and so I

[59:53] I was just going to recommend thinking

[59:55] about spec I didn't put specific dates

[59:56] in anything and I didn't put specific

[59:58] number of reference letters or any of

[59:59] that. So maybe thinking about all those

[1:00:01] things before the next council's whole

[1:00:04] meeting then we can work that out. And

[1:00:06] the last thing was I got an email about

[1:00:08] the Ohio disability conference. I don't

[1:00:11] know anything about it. Do you all do we

[1:00:13] go to that? Do we participate in that or

[1:00:15] do we get anything out of that? Like

[1:00:17] what is that about someone?

[1:00:18] » We we do get materials from the Ohio

[1:00:21] Municipal League, but I don't believe

[1:00:24] we're members.

[1:00:25] » Okay. I just get these emails.

[1:00:27] » Oh, we are.

[1:00:27] » Oh, okay.

[1:00:28] » Oh, we know was a different one. I'm

[1:00:29] think there's multiple organizations

[1:00:33] like this and some we've chosen not to

[1:00:35] participate. Maybe OML. We do.

[1:00:37] » We do.

[1:00:37] » We do get a newsletter from them. Like

[1:00:39] I'll read from time to time. It'll be a

[1:00:41] legislative update from them saying this

[1:00:44] is what's going on Columbus. This is the

[1:00:46] impact of local communities. And I like

[1:00:48] to be able to read those things.

[1:00:49] » Okay.

[1:00:50] » But I've never been to a conference that

[1:00:53] » The reason I bring it up is they had

[1:00:55] » Oh, so I was just going to say I they

[1:00:56] the village sent when I first goed

[1:01:00] to OML sponsored new newly elected

[1:01:04] officials. Very helpful.

[1:01:06] » Yeah, we did that one I think. But um

[1:01:08] this other one that they were having, I

[1:01:09] I just saw that they were talking about

[1:01:10] three different things that might be

[1:01:12] useful for us. Like one was um Ohio

[1:01:14] property taxes. I know we're kind of

[1:01:16] dealing with that. Um and then the

[1:01:18] energy landscape was one of them. So So

[1:01:21] I don't know if that's something we

[1:01:23] think about doing. I guess next month or

[1:01:25] something.

[1:01:25] » Their annual annual conference.

[1:01:27] » Yeah. September 30th, October 2nd. So I

[1:01:29] don't know that

[1:01:30] » Thomas

[1:01:31] » I

[1:01:33] saw the email before I came in here

[1:01:35] today.

[1:01:37] Um,

[1:01:37] » We could take a look at it and I mean I'

[1:01:39] I'd be supportive of if someone wants to

[1:01:41] attend or um depending on when it is I

[1:01:45] could possibly attend. I don't know. I

[1:01:46] haven't seen whether I could make it.

[1:01:48] But

[1:01:48] » You can get those by the way by email if

[1:01:50] you would

[1:01:52] have to get them every Friday.

[1:01:54] » Okay.

[1:01:54] » Because I went to that one conference

[1:01:55] and they come on the list. [laughter]

[1:01:57] » Well, maybe that's why.

[1:01:59] » Yeah.

[1:02:00] » But it looks it looks like it might be

[1:02:01] useful. some of the topics might be

[1:02:02] useful uh to us specifically with all

[1:02:05] things that we're dealing with right

[1:02:06] now. Um so that was just a thought I

[1:02:08] had. That's it.

[1:02:09] » Thank you. I appreciate that.

[1:02:14] » Anybody else have anything?

[1:02:16] » Just wanted to confirm that everyone

[1:02:18] received my email around the salaries

[1:02:21] and the

[1:02:22] » Um by council the whole I hope that I

[1:02:25] have um firmed up that information. Like

[1:02:29] I said, it was just internet based

[1:02:30] research, but I want to call each each

[1:02:33] city. And if you think of any other

[1:02:34] cities I should reach out to, let me

[1:02:36] know.

[1:02:37] » Is are the OERS benefits the um are they

[1:02:41] linear? Like we get half a credit at

[1:02:43] 6,000. Uh so does it scale? Do you do

[1:02:47] you know based on the based on the

[1:02:49] salary whenever the salary just times

[1:02:51] the same? I know that from my district

[1:02:53] job to this, you know, it's like same.

[1:03:00] Uh I had one other thing and Steve thank

[1:03:03] you for sending out the um your email

[1:03:07] with us today.

[1:03:08] » Um we we did start a discussion uh at

[1:03:12] the committee of the whole. I think some

[1:03:14] of us were under under the understanding

[1:03:16] we were you know going to kind of start

[1:03:18] from scratch. Uh and um after further

[1:03:23] discussion uh realized that we have a

[1:03:26] good foundation

[1:03:28] um of those is it four there four or

[1:03:30] five there's you know five categories

[1:03:34] um we all agreed that what we would do

[1:03:37] was look at them um you know see if

[1:03:41] there's any modifications that might

[1:03:43] need to be made and maybe identify uh

[1:03:46] some short-term actions we could take to

[1:03:49] advance toward the goals uh or even

[1:03:52] something you know longer term uh not

[1:03:56] not necessarily a a concrete goal but

[1:03:59] something we're always you know working

[1:04:00] toward. So just just yes would like to

[1:04:05] uh you know remind people to take a look

[1:04:07] at that hopefully come prepared at the

[1:04:10] next briefing.

[1:04:12] » Great. Thank you president.

[1:04:14] » Yeah. Yeah. Just to real quick follow up

[1:04:17] that those those initial goals

[1:04:21] uh have goal stated goal and then

[1:04:25] objectives with most of which are more

[1:04:28] general rather than specific action

[1:04:31] items.

[1:04:33] So maybe we also look to see whether

[1:04:36] there's any specific action items that

[1:04:39] we think maybe we're not doing that we

[1:04:42] want to do versus that six new goal that

[1:04:46] I was proposing that I also added at the

[1:04:50] end of that email that doesn't has that

[1:04:54] has the goal doesn't have the objectives

[1:04:56] but does have a list of potential action

[1:04:59] items just just FYI. So when you look at

[1:05:02] it, you know,

[1:05:04] um

[1:05:06] what's there?

[1:05:09] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:05:11] » Anything else?

[1:05:12] » Oh,

[1:05:14] one of the the first things I brought up

[1:05:16] uh when I when I joined uh council was

[1:05:19] that, you know, some of the information

[1:05:21] on our website was a little dated. Like

[1:05:23] for instance, the road map was 2022. Uh

[1:05:26] I've been looking around. It looks

[1:05:28] great. A lot of the stuff has been

[1:05:29] updated. It's current. Um if that's

[1:05:31] Sherry that's the individual departments

[1:05:34] uh it's it's fantastic to have you know

[1:05:37] [laughter]

[1:05:40] it's Sherry

[1:05:43] to be able to go to our site and get

[1:05:45] information

[1:05:47] so I just wanted to make sure to address

[1:05:49] that was something I said earlier this

[1:05:51] year so circling back around uh it's

[1:05:54] it's nice to to have that uh usefulness

[1:05:58] » Thank you and thank Mr. That's great.

[1:06:01] Appreciate that very much.

[1:06:03] » All right. Do I have a motion to

[1:06:05] adjourn? [clears throat]

[1:06:06] » So moved. Second.

[1:06:08] » Okay. We have a motion to pass the

[1:06:09] presence by Mr. Richmond.

[1:06:12] » Miss David.

[1:06:12] » Yes. Mrs. Irish.

[1:06:14] » Yes. Mr.

[1:06:15] » Yes.

[1:06:15] » Mr. Mik.

[1:06:16] » Yes.

[1:06:17] » Mr. Richmond.

[1:06:18] » Yes.

[1:06:18] » Mr. Bington.

[1:06:19] » Yes.

[1:06:20] » Non non meeting item. Mana

[1:06:24] bread.

[1:06:25] » Oh no. That's what that is.

[1:06:28] » All right.

[1:06:33] Yeah, feel free to take

[1:06:36] down there too. Nice. Thank you.

[1:06:39] » I've had it before.

Moreland Hills Council Meeting August 12, 2026

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